02-11-2018, 05:06 PM
(02-11-2018, 11:37 AM)Hedd_Jones Wrote:(02-11-2018, 09:24 AM)Mike Costigan Wrote: It was a short-wheelbase 2-seater, claimed to be a 1930 car but the registration checks out as 1932. I did take a 3/4-rear photo too, but I can't find it now.
Its got austin wings. Same as my Nov '30 RL Saloon and March '30 AE Tourer. For 1931 the wings changed to those seen commonly on RN & RP's
Not quite; the trailing edge of the front wings came to a point with no running boards, and the rears had a longer sweep to the trailing edge. I think it had the sloping, pointed tail, although the black and white one that was advertised recently was not quite how I remember it.
Sadly it doesn't seem to have survived; it is neither on the Association register nor the DVLA site, and yet the owner at the time valued it highly. It was for sale for £50, which was the going price fora very smart Nippy; my brother offered him £35 (twice what he eventually paid for a running Opal) but was turned down.